The Chinatown Working Group wants to get the word out about tonight's town hall meeting at P.S. 130 on Baxter Street. Everyone is welcome to attend. For the past year, the organization has been developing what they hope will...
Back in August, we brought you news of the cheerful beautification project underway at 180 Orchard, the stalled condo/hotel project lovingly renamed by Curbed, "the Orchard Street Hell Building." At the time, LES artist Marco was painting a mural...
Every month, 23 community activists gather in a meeting room on the Lower East Side in the pursuit of a worthy but elusive goal: an agreement on the redevelopment of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA). Under the...
From State Senator Daniel Squadron's office:
New York State Senator Daniel Squadron, Congress Member Jerrold Nadler, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Assembly Member Deborah Glick, and Councilmember Margaret Chin will co-host a tenants rights forum on Thursday, bringing together...
Earlier today we learned Tishman Speyer and Black Rock Realty, owners of Stuyvesant Town/Peter Cooper Village, have decided to hand over the troubled middle class housing complex to its creditors. Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh is now out with a...
It was about three weeks ago that we first reported on possible zoning code violations at the Nolitan Hotel (40 Kenmare Street). For the past six months, residents have been complaining to the Department of Buildings that the project...
They are widely seen as an eyesore and a shameful reminder of long-simmering neighborhood feuds. But the five parking lots occupying the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA) also serve a purpose. There are about 500 spaces - many...
Developers of a proposed apartment building envisioned on the northwest corner of Avenue D and Houston streets went before a committee of Community Board 3 last night. They came with renderings of the planned development, which would include 166...
Two-and-a-half years after the Young Israel Synagogue moved out of its building on East Broadway, demolition work has finally begun. They sold the building to a developer, who planned a new condo project. In exchange, the synagogue received several...
"Meet the Nolitans," beckons a new e-brochure from the not-yet-opened Nolitan Hotel, on the corner of Elizabeth and Kenmare Streets. Among the residents hanging out in this "authentic and endearing neighborhood:" fashion designers, restaurant proprietors and hair stylists. There's...
